არალუღი

Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آرالق (aralık).

Noun

არალუღი • (araluği) (Latin spelling araluği)

  1. gape, half-open half-closed
    Synonym: ელაწკერი (elaǯǩeri)
    “ოხორიში დოშემეზ ფიცარეფე არალუღი მოთივეტას” ჲა დო კაი ოკოდგიმს დო ჲოჭკადამს.
    “oxorişi doşemez piʒarepe araluği motiveťas” ya do ǩai oǩodgims do yoç̌ǩadams.
    He nails the boards to the floor of the house, making sure that they are well joined (with nails) so that there are no gaps.

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “araluği”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “არალუღი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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